Acting
Sam Buffington
Born October 12, 1931 · Swansea, Massachusetts, USA
Died May 15, 1960 · aged 28
Sam Buffington (October 12, 1931 – May 15, 1960) was an American actor whose short career included performances on stage, radio, film, and television. He was the star of the CBS radio series Luke Slaughter of Tombstone during 1958 and was one of three regular cast members on the Whispering Smith television series. While Buffington's wife Pat was in Palm Springs, California, he wrote a note to her…
Known For
They Came to Cordura · 1959They Came to Cordura
★ 6.61959
MovieWestern
An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.
King Creole · 1958King Creole
★ 6.41958
MovieDramaMusic
Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at The Blue Shade. Danny declines, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
The Light in the Forest · 1958The Light in the Forest
★ 6.71958
MovieAdventureDrama
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the people he was taught to hate.
The Brothers Karamazov · 1958The Brothers Karamazov
★ 6.51958
MovieDramaHistory
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich. The other brothers include a sterile aesthete, a factotum who is a bastard, and a monk. Family tensions erupt when Dmitri falls in love with one of his father's mistresses, the coquette Grushenka. Two brothers see Dmitri's jealousy of their father as an opportunity to inherit sooner. Acts of violence lead to the story's conclusion: trials of honor, conscience, forgiveness, and redemption.
Invasion of the Saucer Men · 1957Invasion of the Saucer Men
★ 4.91957
MovieScience FictionComedy
Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.
Blue Denim · 1959Blue Denim
★ 5.21959
MovieDramaRomance
Two naive high-school students must deal with the unexpected consequences after a night of passion.
Damn Citizen · 1958Damn Citizen
★ 8.01958
MovieCrimeDrama
Louisiana's governor asks war hero Francis C. Grevemberg to lead the state police against corruption.
The Rawhide Trail · 1958The Rawhide Trail
★ 8.01958
MovieWestern
In this western two wagon masters are wrongfully accused of driving their wagon train in to a Comanche raid and are sentenced to hang. Now they must work hard and fast to prove their innocence.
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